WO2010111602A1 - Procédé d'imagerie sur une interface mince à l'état solide entre deux fluides - Google Patents

Procédé d'imagerie sur une interface mince à l'état solide entre deux fluides Download PDF

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WO2010111602A1
WO2010111602A1 PCT/US2010/028845 US2010028845W WO2010111602A1 WO 2010111602 A1 WO2010111602 A1 WO 2010111602A1 US 2010028845 W US2010028845 W US 2010028845W WO 2010111602 A1 WO2010111602 A1 WO 2010111602A1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of optical microscopy.
  • the invention utilizes a thin solid-state interface between two fluids for improved imaging of biomolecules.
  • sample size should be reduced to a minimum, enabling sequence readout from a single DNA molecule or a small number of copies; and (2) readout speed should be increased by several orders of magnitude compared with current state-of-the-art techniques.
  • Solid-state surfaces like silicon nitride, silicon oxide and others have been used in a variety of biomedical applications including tissue engineering, implantable devices and basic research contexts.
  • Thin solid state surfaces have been used in the context of different micro- and nano- structural devices, such as, for example, nanoslits and nanopore arrays used in biosensing and DNA sequencing applications.
  • Silicon nitride membranes have been recently shown to be a suitable substrate for creating solid-state nanopores for applications such as biomolecular detection and DNA sequencing.
  • Solid-state devices involving single molecule optical detection of DNA translocation and unzipping through a solid-state nanopore have been envisaged to be crucial for biosensing and genome sequencing.
  • TIRFM total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy
  • Embodiments of the present invention achieve evanescent mode excitation at these solid-state membranes (carrying nanopore devices or other biological samples) by index-matched TIRFM (Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy) between two media across these membranes. This allows for the acquisition of high resolution, high contrast and high sensitivity images of one or more biomolecules on the membrane.
  • TIRFM Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy
  • a fluid cell for an optical microscopy tool includes a solid state membrane having a first side and a second, opposing side; a first fluid chamber located on the first side of the membrane, the first fluid chamber comprising a first fluid having a first refractive index; and a second fluid chamber located on the second side of the membrane, the second fluid chamber comprising a second fluid having a second refractive index, the first refractive index being higher than the second refractive index.
  • the solid state membrane may be silicon nitride, silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide or other dielectric materials.
  • the solid state membrane may include a silicon nitride layer deposited on a silicon wafer.
  • the silicon nitride layer may be 5-50nm thick.
  • the silicon wafer may include a window and the silicon nitride layer covers or extends across the window.
  • the first fluid may be an aqueous buffer solution or water.
  • the second fluid may be cellular fluid, cell membrane or glycerol.
  • the first fluid may be concentrated urea solution or
  • a biomolecule linked to an optical biomarker may be provided on the second side of the membrane.
  • the biomolecule may be a DNA molecule.
  • the biomolecule may be a RNA molecule.
  • the biomolecule may be a protein molecule.
  • the optical biomarker may be an excitable fluorophore.
  • the first fluid chamber may be a microchannel.
  • the solid state membrane can include at least one nanopore, and, in some embodiments, a plurality of nanopores.
  • the plurality of nanopores can be arranged in a circular or polygonal array.
  • an optical microscopy tool for imaging single DNA molecules includes a fluid cell comprising a solid state membrane covering a window of a silicon wafer, a first fluid chamber on one side of the solid state membrane, a first fluid having a first refractive index in the first fluid chamber, a second fluid chamber on the other side of the membrane, and a second fluid having a second refractive index that is lower than the first refractive index in the second fluid chamber; a glass coverslip, the fluid cell mounted on the coverslip so that the glass coverslip forms a bottom surface of the first fluid chamber; an objective lens; an immersion oil between the objective lens and the glass coverslip; a light source configured to direct light at the objective lens, the objective lens configured to focus the light so that a field of evanescent illumination is generated that is smaller than the window that the solid state membrane covers; and an imaging detector to detect light emitted by the single DNA molecules at the solid state membrane.
  • the light source can include at least one excitation laser, and, in some embodiments, include a plurality of lasers producing laser beams at different wavelengths, and the imaging detector can include an electron multiplying charge coupled device (CCD) camera or a photodetector.
  • CCD electron multiplying charge coupled device
  • Biotin-streptavidin chemistry may be used to immobilize single DNA molecules on the solid-state membrane.
  • an optical microscopy tool for imaging single biomolecules includes means for generating a field of evanescent illumination at a solid state membrane between a first fluid and a second fluid having different refractive indices; and means for detecting light emitted by optical markers linked to the single biomolecules at the solid state membrane.
  • the means for generating the field of evanescent illumination at the solid state membrane may include an excitation laser and a focusing lens.
  • the means for detecting light emitted by optical markers can include a photodetector or an electron multiplying CCD camera.
  • the optical microscopy tool may also include means for immobilizing the single biomolecules on the solid state membrane.
  • the field of evanescent illumination may be smaller than dimensions of the solid state membrane.
  • a method for imaging a single biomolecule includes generating a field of evanescent illumination at a solid state membrane between a first fluid and a second fluid having different refractive indexes; and detecting light emitted by optical markers linked to the single biomolecules at the solid state membrane.
  • the method may also include immobilizing the single biomolecule on the solid state membrane.
  • DNA molecule includes directing light to an objective lens of an optical microscopy tool; directing the light through a first fluid; reflecting the light at a silicon nitride membrane to generate a field of evanescent illumination in a second fluid; and directing light emitted by an optical biomarker excited by the field of evanescent illumination and linked to the single DNA molecule to an imaging detector.
  • the field of evanescent illumination may be generated in the second fluid.
  • the single DNA molecule may be immobilized on the silicon nitride membrane in the second fluid.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a fluid cell according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of the interface of the fluid cell according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing TIR at the interface according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of an optical microscopy tool according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 5 is a fluorescent image of a single DNA molecule imaged under TIRF according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 6 is a schematic diagram showing a DNA sequencing approach according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 7 is a schematic diagram showing simultaneous electrical optical detection using one bit (a) and two bit (b) DNA readouts according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of a multi-color optical microscopy tool setup according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 9 is a pore localization counter histogram according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figures 1OA and 1OB are illustrations of additional steps in multi-pore detection including simultaneous readout from multiple pores (Figure 10A) and simultaneous readout of multiple bits (Figure 10B) according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of the fluid cell according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure HA is a detailed schematic diagram of the fluid cell of Figure 11 according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure HB is a detailed schematic diagram of the interface of Figure 11 according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 12 is a fluorescent image of a single DNA molecule imaged under TIRF according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 13 is a block diagram of analysis hardware according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figures 14A-C illustrate synchronization of electrical and optical signals according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figures 15A-15B illustrate threading of DNA molecules through a nanopore according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figures 16A-16B illustrate synchronization of the electrical and optical signals during the threading event of Figures 15A-15B.
  • FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram showing TIR at the interface according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of imaging both single molecules as well as biological material through nanometer thick solid state membranes. This method is advantageous because it allows for optical (e.g. fluorescent) measurement, in addition to conventional electrical measurement, of single molecules and biological material.
  • a single molecule or biological material is imaged in evanescent mode through a thin solid state interface between two miscible/immiscible fluids.
  • a fluid cell provides the solid state interface between the two miscible liquids of different refractive indices.
  • the solid state interface can be on the order of a few nanometers to tens of nanometers in thickness and can be made of silicon nitride, silicon oxide and/or the like.
  • An electric potential can be applied to the two fluids for translocation of biomolecules (e.g., DNA, RNA or proteins) through a nanopore or nanopore array in the solid state interface.
  • biomolecules e.g., DNA, RNA or proteins
  • DNA translocation single-stranded DNA molecules are electrophoretically driven through the nanopore in a single file manner.
  • each base of the target DNA sequence is first mapped onto a 2 or 4 unit code, 2 10-20 bp nucleotide sequence by biochemical conversion. These 2-unit or 4-unit codes are then hybridized to complementary, fluorescently labeled, and self-quenching molecular beacons.
  • the molecular beacons are sequentially unzipped during translocation through the nanopore, their fluorescent tags are unquenched and are read by a single-color, or multi-color (e.g. 2 or more color) total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscope.
  • TIRF total internal reflection fluorescence
  • Embodiments of the present invention are advantageous because they allow for the acquisition of high resolution and high sensitivity images of single biomolecules or biological material immobilized on the solid-state interface, positioned over a "thick" aqueous fluid layer (i.e., high refractive index fluid). More specifically, by realizing an evanescent field deep inside this "thick" fluid layer, high optical contrast detection of molecules or biological material at the thin solid-state interface can be used to image the single biomolecules or biological material.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a fluid cell according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in Figure 1, the fluid cell 100 includes a first chamber 104 and a second chamber 108.
  • a first fluid 112 is in the first chamber 104 and a second fluid 116 is in the second chamber 108.
  • the two fluids 112, 116 are chosen so that they have different refractive indices.
  • the first fluid 112 is selected to have a higher refractive index than the second fluid 116.
  • the refractive indices of the two fluids 112, 116 are chosen so as to achieve total internal reflection (TIR) at the interface 120.
  • the first fluid 112 contains salts. Both fluids 112, 116 are aqueous solutions.
  • the fluid cell 100 also includes an interface 120.
  • the interface 120 includes a solid state membrane 124.
  • the interface 120 is located between the first chamber 104 and the second chamber 108 to separate the two fluids 112, 116.
  • the interface 120 between the two fluids 112, 116 allows total internal reflection (TIR) to occur.
  • TIR total internal reflection
  • the TIR illumination occurs at the solid state membrane (e.g., a SiN membrane) 124 and produces an evanescent wave in the first chamber 104.
  • the interface 120, and in particular the membrane 124 forms the substrate for biomolecular interactions.
  • FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the interface 120.
  • the interface 220 includes a chip 228 with a window 224.
  • the chip 228 acts as a frame to support the solid- state membrane that covers the window 224.
  • Exemplary dimensions of the chip can be 5mm x 5mm x 300 ⁇ m, and exemplary dimensions of the membrane can be 50 ⁇ m x 50 ⁇ m x 5-50nm.
  • the interface 220 can be made from any compatible solid state material (e.g., silicon based materials) using conventional techniques including chemical vapor deposition (CVD), wet etching and photolithography.
  • CVD chemical vapor deposition
  • the chip 228 is silicon and is covered by a silicon nitride membrane.
  • the membrane may be any dielectric material that can be formed into a thin film.
  • Other exemplary membrane materials include silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide and the like.
  • Other exemplary chip materials include glass, fused silica, quartz and the like.
  • the solid-state membrane described herein can be approximately 5-60nm in thickness.
  • the solid-state membrane may be approximately IOnm. It will be appreciated, however, that the thickness of the membrane can be selected in order to obtain the desired size and decay of the evanescent wave produced from the TIR illumination between the two miscible liquids, and may be thinner than 5nm or thicker than 60nm. The nanometer thickness of the membrane helps define a sharp boundary of interface between the two liquids where the TIR occurs.
  • the solid-state membrane may include nanopores, nanoslits or nanopore arrays. These nanopores (1-lOOnm) or nanopore arrays connect the fluids across the interface. Solid-state nanopores have tunable dimensions, and can tolerate a broad range of temperature, pH, and chemical variation.
  • the nanopore(s) can be fabricated using, for example, Ar ion beam or electron-beam sculpting, or by reactive ion etching.
  • Figure 3 illustrates the fluid cell 100 mounted on a regular microscope glass coverslip 240 for TIR based measurement with an optical microscopy tool.
  • the coverslip 240 is mounted on an objective lens 236, and an immersion oil 238 is provided between the coverslip 240 and the objective lens 236.
  • One or more biomolecules or biological material that are linked to an optical biomarker, such as a fluorophore, are immobilized on the membrane 224 for imaging.
  • the optical biomarker can be any material that illuminates or emits radiation in response to exposure to the evanescent wave.
  • Exemplary optical biomarkers include fluorescent propanes or fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) tags (e.g., a fluorophore), quantum dots and organic compounds.
  • FRET fluorescence resonance energy transfer
  • the optical biomarker can be associated with the biomolecules of interest by well known techniques, for example, by covalent or non-covalent associations.
  • the optical markers can be chemically conjugated.
  • the biomolecule can be associated with an optical marker by recombinant fusion, e.g. green fluorescent protein fused to a cellular receptor or signaling molecule.
  • Laser light 242 is focused at the back focal plane of an objective lens 236. Due to index matching of the immersion oil 238 and the glass coverslip 240, light refracts into media 1 216. At the membrane 224, the light is totally internally reflected 246 due to the unmatched refractive indices of the two liquids 212, 216. Light refracts away from the normal to the surface when it passes from a higher refractive index (denser) to a lower refractive index (rarer) medium. When the angle of incidence at the interface of the two medium is larger than the critical angle, light totally internally reflects back into the denser medium.
  • An evanescent wave 246 is generated in the rarer medium that has an exponentially decaying intensity which can excite fluorophores at the surface of the membrane 224 (typical "skin" depth of excitation light is on the order of a few tens of nm).
  • the light produced by the excited fluorophores 250 can be focused by the objective lens 236 that is positioned below the glass coverslip 204 and measured by the imaging device, e.g. CCD camera or photodetector.
  • the light is generated so that the area of evanescent wave 246 is smaller than the area of the membrane 224. In another embodiment, the light is generated so that the area of the evanescent wave 246 is the same size as the area of the membrane 224.
  • the nanopores, nanoslits or nanopore arrays in the membrane can be used to locally stimulate live cell surfaces using a variety of stimulants. Response to these stimuli can be measured at distal locations on the cell membrane using the evanescent mode imaging described herein.
  • the biomolecules or biological material can be positioned directly on the membrane 224 to be imaged.
  • a thin buffer or intermediate layer may be provided between the membrane 224 and the biomolecules or biological material to be imaged.
  • a thin layer of organic polymer molecules may be used as the intermediate layer.
  • Figure 4 illustrates an exemplary optical microscopy tool 400 according to embodiments of the invention. It will be appreciated that the components and arrangement of the components of the microscopy tool 400 may vary from that shown in Figure 4.
  • the microscopy tool 400 includes a laser source 402, an x-axis translation stage 406, lens 414, lens 418, a white light source 422, a polarizing beam splitter (PBS) 426, a lens 430, an objective lens 436, a dichromatic mirror (DM) 468, a filter 472, a mirror 476, a lens 480 and a detector 484 such as a CCD.
  • a fluid cell including a first fluid 412, a second fluid 416 having a different refractive index than the first fluid 412, and a solid-state membrane 424, is positioned on a glass coverslip 440. Immersion oil is provided between the glass coverslip 440 and the objective lens 436.
  • laser light or white light may be used to perform total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy.
  • laser light 410 is generated by the laser source 402, which is directed and shaped by the lenses 414, 418.
  • the lens 430 is configured to reduce the size of the laser beam. It will be appreciated that lens 414, 418 may also reduce the size of the laser beam.
  • the light may be shifted off the optical axis by moving the laser fiber coupler along the x-axis using the x-axis translation stage 406.
  • white light is generated by the white light source 422.
  • both white light and laser light can be used to perform total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy.
  • the beam splitter 426 is configured to direct the light generated by the laser and/or the white light source 422 toward the sample (e.g., biomolecule(s)) in the first fluid 412.
  • sample e.g., biomolecule(s)
  • multiple laser wavelengths can be used simultaneously or one at a time, to excite a single-color or multiple color flurophores.
  • the generated light is confined at the objective lens 436 so that light sufficient to result in total internal reflection is directed at the sample.
  • the objective lens 436 can further reduce the size of the laser beam.
  • the laser beam size may be approximately .5mm- lmm in diameter.
  • the lenses 414, 418, 430 and/or 436 converge the beam such that the beam creates a sot size at the silicon membrane of approximately 5 ⁇ m to approximately the area of the membrane 424 in diameter. For example, if the membrane 424 is 50x50 ⁇ m 2 , a spot size of 5-50 ⁇ m can be generated.
  • the light 442 is totally internally reflected at the solid-state membrane 424 toward the glass coverslip 440, and an evanescent field is generated in the second fluid 416. Fluorophores located in the vicinity of the solid-state membrane 424 are excited by the evanescent wave, which causes the fluorophores to emit fluorescent light.
  • the fluorescent light and reflected light 452 are then directed by the dichromatic mirror 468 toward the filter 472.
  • the dichromatic mirror 468 and filter 472 filter the light so that only the fluorescent light emissions are passed.
  • the mirror 476 directs the fluorescent light through the lens 480 and to the detector 484.
  • the detector 484 can be a EMCCD camera, such as an iXon BV887 available from Andor Technology pic. (Andor) based in Southern, Northern Ireland.
  • Other exemplary detectors 484 include Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs) and Photomultiplier Tubes (PMTs).
  • the detector 484 can be connected to an appropriate imaging system, such as a Microsoft Windows based personal computer and imaging software, such as Solis software (also from Andor) to process the data signals generated by the detector 484 to produce an image or a series of images.
  • Custom software can be us to analyze the data signals, detect the fluorescent emissions and determine the sequence or other characteristics of the biomolecules or biological material under examination.
  • the area of TIR excitation at the interface depends on the excitation beam properties.
  • the laser beam can be shaped, using well known laser beam shaping techniques, to control the field of laser illumination in TIR mode.
  • the size of the beam can increased or decreased in diameter or elongated as desired.
  • Figure 5 illustrates an exemplary image generated using a microscopy tool such as the microscopy tool 400.
  • a microscopy tool such as the microscopy tool 400.
  • the single DNA molecules were imaged on the silicon nitride membrane with a signal to background ratio of -2.5 at image acquisition of 5 frames per second.
  • FIGs 6- 1OB illustrate an embodiment of the invention in which the membrane 124 includes a nanopore 600.
  • embodiments that include a membrane 124 having a nanopore 600 are particularly applicable to DNA sequencing using DNA translocation. It will be appreciated that the embodiment that includes a membrane 124 having a nanopore 610 are not limited to DNA sequencing using DNA translocation. For example, the embodiment may be applicable to genotyping applications, biomolecular imaging and biomolecular screening. In another example, proteins may be imaged through the nanopore 600.
  • DNA translocation single- stranded DNA molecules are electrophoretically driven through the nanopore 600 in a single file manner.
  • the fluid cell 100 will further include electrodes coupled to an energy source that are configured to generate an electric potential that is applied to the fluids 112, 116 to electrophoretically drive the DNA molecules through the nanopore 600.
  • the single biomolecule linked to an optical marker to be detected is an oligonucleotide that hybridizes to a sequence code representative of nucleotides A, T, U, C, or G.
  • the optical markers are fluorescent markers that specifically report on the DNA sequence.
  • the original DNA is substituted with a group of nucleotides (each base type is substituted with a unique sequence of 3-16 nucleotides).
  • the oligonucleotide linked to the optical marker can then be detected upon unzipping of the hybridized oligonucleotide from a coded nucleic acid sequence to be sequenced during nanopore sequencing.
  • each base in the original DNA sequence is represented by a unique combination of 2 binary code units (0 and 1 labeled in open and solid circles, respectively).
  • the 0 and 1 are defined as unique DNA sequences of 10 nucleotides each, "SO” and "Sl” respectively.
  • the single-stranded converted DNA is hybridized with two types of molecular beacons complementary to the 2 code units, and displays minimal cross-sections.
  • one of the beacons may contain a red fluorophore on its 5' end and a quencher, Q, at its 3' end, and the other beacon may contain a green fluorophore at its 5' end and the same quencher molecule at its 3' end.
  • the broad- spectrum quencher molecule Q quenches both fluorophores.
  • the 2 different color fluorophores make it possible to distinguish between the two beacons.
  • each base in the original DNA sequence is represented by one out of four unique codes (sequences), which are then hybridized with the corresponding 4-color molecular beacons.
  • sequences unique codes
  • the converted DNA sequence induces the arrangement of the beacons next to each other so that quenchers on neighboring beacons will quench the fluorescence emission and the DNA will stay "dark" until individual code units are sequentially removed from the DNA (excluding the 1 st beacon).
  • fluorophores that can be used with the present invention include TMR and Cy5.
  • CPM CPM
  • Alexa series of fluorescence markers from Invitrogen CPM
  • Rhodamine family CPM
  • Texas Red Other signal molecules known to those skilled in the art are within the scope of this invention.
  • Numerous other fluorophores can be used in the present invention including those listed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,528,258, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • Quenching molecules that can be used in the present invention include Dabcyl, Dabsyl, methyl red and ElIe Quencher.
  • Other quencher molecules known to those skilled in the art are within the scope of this invention. This significantly reduces the fluorescence background from neighboring molecules and from free beacons in solution, resulting in a higher signal-to-background ratio.
  • fluorescently tagged oligonucleotides complementary to the converted DNA, are then hybridized to the DNA and the molecule is electrophoretically fed through the nanopore 600 in the membrane 124.
  • the nanopore 600 is used to sequentially peel off oligonucleotides, one by one, from the converted DNA molecule while the flashes of light in different colors arising from the attached fluorophores are detected.
  • the beacons are stripped off one by one.
  • a new beacon is removed, a new fluorophore is unquenched and registered by the microscope.
  • the released beacon is automatically closed, quenching its own fluorescence, whereupon it diffuses away from the vicinity of the nanopore.
  • a new fluorophore from the second beacon lights up.
  • the DNA translocation speed is regulated by the DNA unzipping kinetics, and the contrast among bases is achieved through the use of optical probes (or beacons).
  • the entry of the DNA into the nanopore 600 abruptly decreases the ion current to the blocked level.
  • the open pore current level is restored.
  • An appropriate voltage can be used to tune the DNA unzipping time (e.g., 1-lOms). For example, for a 10-bp hairpin, a 120-mV potential yields an unzipping time of approximately 10ms. This time is tuned by the electric field intensity to optimize the signal-to-background levels.
  • the sequence of any nucleic acid can be determined.
  • Figure 7 illustrates nanopore sequencing color coded using 1 bit in (a) and "2 bits" in (b). As shown in Figure 7, the devices and methods described herein allow for simultaneous electrical and optical detection of one and two bit DNA readouts with high signal/noise ratio and with single fluorophore resolution is shown.
  • the 2-bit color coding may be achieved using a multi-color optical microscopy tool such as the multi-color TIRF microscope shown in Figure 8.
  • a multi-color optical microscopy tool such as the multi-color TIRF microscope shown in Figure 8.
  • two laser sources 802a, 802b of different wave lengths can be illuminated either individually or simultaneously to produce two evanescent waves of different wave lengths for individual or simultaneous excitation of different optical biomarkers.
  • three or four laser sources of different wave lengths can be illuminated either individually or simultaneously to produce three or more evanescent waves of different wave lengths for individual or simultaneous excitation of different optical biomarkers.
  • a first laser source 802a generates a first laser beam 810a and a second laser source 802b generates a second laser beam 810b that are shaped and directed to the objective lens 836 by lenses L.
  • the lenses L are configured to reduce the size of the laser beams 810a, 810b generated by the laser sources 802a, 802b.
  • the laser sources 802a, 802b are a combination of blue and red diode lasers (488nm and 640nm) may be used to illuminate the sample.
  • the light 802a, 802b is totally internally reflected at the membrane 124 and an evanescent field is generated that excites the fluorophores linked to the biomolecules to be imaged in the fluid cell.
  • the membrane 124 includes a nanopore 600 that allows for DNA translocation as described above.
  • the fluorescent light 850 is then collected using the objective lens 836, filtered by a dichromatic mirror DM and filter F, and directed to the detector 884, such as a frame transfer cooled electron-multiplying charge-coupled device camera for imaging or photodetector.
  • the detector 884 can be connected to an appropriate imaging system, such as a Microsoft Windows based personal computer and imaging software, such as Solis software (also from Andor) to process the data signals generated by the detector 884 to produce an image or a series of images.
  • Custom software can be used to analyze the data signals, detect the fluorescent emissions and determine the sequence or other characteristics of the biomolecule (e.g., DNA) under examination.
  • Figure 9 illustrates an exemplary pore localization counter histogram for the multicolor optical microscopy tool of Figure 8 at the time of DNA unzipping.
  • optical visualizations of nanopore arrays may also be achieved using the embodiments described herein.
  • the optical visualization described herein can be used for the simultaneous readout from multiple pores as shown in Figure 1OA and/or the simultaneous readout of multiple bits as shown in Figure 1OB.
  • Embodiments of the invention may also be used to visualize cell and tissue adhesion to study cyto-toxicity and biocompatibility with solid state materials such as, for example, the SiN membrane.
  • Embodiments of the invention may also be used to locally excite cells with stimulants in media across the interface through nanopores, nanoslits or nanopore arrays and to measure cell response using optical microscopy through the membrane.
  • the cell response to contact with new biomaterials (such as SiN membranes) or to stimulants can be measured with fluorescent readout of biomarkers on the cell membrane.
  • Embodiments of the invention may be used to image fluorescently labeled nucleic acids or other biopolymers, with single molecule resolution, during their transit or temporal lodging in a nanopore fabricated in the solid-state membrane.
  • Embodiments of the invention may also be used to detect stochiometry of fluorescently labeled proteins stoichiometrically bound on biopolymers such as DNA translocating or temporarily lodged in a nanopore.
  • Embodiments of the invention may be used for multi-color detection and, may, therefore be used to detect spatial localization of biologically distinct proteins bound on DNA. [0086] Embodiments of this invention may be used for DNA sequencing through nanopores and high throughput drug screening.
  • the size of the field of TIR illumination can be changed depending on the application by changing the beam diameter and/or shape of the incident laser beam.
  • the objective lens 236a can be placed above the cis chamber 208, rather than below the trans chamber 204, and the objective lens 236a can be used for imaging.
  • the laser beam 242 can be focused using a lens 236b rather than the objective lens 236a at the membrane 224.
  • the light is totally internally reflected 246 due to the unmatched refractive indices of the two liquids 212, 216, and an evanescent wave 246 is generated in the rarer medium, media 1 216 that has an exponentially decaying intensity which can excite fluorophores at the surface of the membrane 224 (typical "skin" depth of excitation light is of a few tens of nm).
  • the light produced by the excited fluorophores can be focused by the objective lens 236a that is positioned over the cis chamber 208 and measured by the CCD camera 484 or photodetector.
  • Silicon chips [5mm x 5mm x 300 ⁇ m] with a free standing 20-50nm thick silicon nitride window [50 ⁇ m x 50 ⁇ m] in the centre were made by standard photolithographic methods on LPCVD coated SiN layers on silicon wafers.
  • a two-part PTFE/CTFE fluid cell was designed to mount these chips over a glass coverslip forming a 2-10 ⁇ m thick microchannel between the chip and glass coverslip, as shown in Figure 3.
  • Total internal reflection [TIR] microscopy was setup as shown in Figure 4.
  • the laser beam size was reduced to 0.7mm, launched into the custom designed back port of a commercially available inverted microscope (Olympus IX-71) and focused at the back focal plane of a 6OX 1.45 NA oil-immersion TIRF objective via an externally mounted 200 mm focal length lens.
  • the laser point was shifted off the optical axis by moving the laser fiber coupler along the X-axis.
  • DNA molecules [57 bp] were purchased from IDT Tech with biotin conjugation at 5'end with amine modified thymine base at position 20 from 5' end.
  • the DNA molecules were labeled with ATTO647N dye molecules [ATTO-tech] using the vendor's protocols.
  • the DNA molecules were immobilized on the silicon nitride surface by streptavidin-biotin chemistry. The surfaces were cleaned in a freshly prepared Piranha solution (15 minutes in 7:3 v/v solution of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide) and then copiously rinsed in DI- water.
  • the silicon nitride membrane (e.g., 20x40 ⁇ m 2 in size and 20nm in thickness) was mounted on a glass coverslip as shown in Figure 4.
  • the excitation laser beam was shaped to form a field of evanescent illumination smaller than the dimensions of the membrane as shown in Figure 5. By reducing the beam diameter to 0.7 mm, the spot size was smaller than the SiN membrane size.
  • TMR beads were adsorbed on the cis side of the membrane and imaged in TIRF mode. By moving these TMR beads along the X and Y axis, and using the magnification factor of the imaging optics, the field of evanescent illumination was calculated to be about ⁇ 10x20um .
  • a silicon chip 1128 containing a free-standing SiN membrane (20 x 20 ⁇ m ) 1124 having a nanopore 600 was used as the interface.
  • the silicon chip 1128 was mounted on a glass coverslip 1140, which was mounted on a custom made chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE polymer) fluid cell 1138 to create a micro fluidic trans chamber 1100 as shown in Figure 11.
  • CTFE polymer chlorotrifluoroethylene
  • the fluid cell 1138 included an insert 1138a holding the silicon chip 1128 and an outer cell 1138b to form the fluidic chambers.
  • Thin layers of fast curing polydimethlysiloxane (PDMS) were used to bond the silicon chip 1128 to the CTFE insert 1138a and bond the glass coverslip 1140 to the outer cell 1138b.
  • the fluid chamber having the insert 1138a is the cis chamber, and the space between the silicon chip 1128 and the glass coverslip 1140 is the trans chamber.
  • the trans chamber was filled with a refractive index buffer 1112 using the inlet-outlet flow channels.
  • a trans electrode 1140a was provided in the side opening in the flow channel and a cis electrode 1140b was immersed into the buffer in the insert (both Ag/AgCl) 1116.
  • the nanopore 600 was used to align the fluid cell 1100 to the inverted microscope 1136 for optical visualization and measurements, as shown in Figure HA.
  • n w ⁇ 1.33 water buffer, IM KCl and 10 mM tris, pH of 8.5
  • trans chamber aqueous buffer solution having high index of refraction w Cs
  • n g 1.5 (n w ⁇ n Cf , ⁇ n g )
  • a parallel beam of light was introduced from the glass coverslip side at an angle ⁇ g smaller than the critical angle of reflection of the glass/trans chamber interface but slightly larger than the trans/cis critical angle creating a TIR excitation at the SiN membrane as shown in Figure HB.
  • a high numerical aperture (NA) objective (Olympus 6OX /1.45) was used to achieve TIR by focusing the incident laser beam to an off axis point at its back focal plane (d), thus controlling the angle of incidence ⁇ g .
  • the incident laser beam width was shaped using a long focal length achromatic doublet lens (200 mm) such that the illuminated area on the SiN membrane was approximately 10 X 20 ⁇ m 2 .
  • a 640 nm laser (20 mW) (iFlex2000, Point-Source, Hamble, UK) was coupled to the system through a single-mode polarization-preserving optical fiber, producing a collimated Gaussian laser beam with a diameter of 0.7 mm. This high quality beam ensured a tightly focused spot at the objective entrance, thus minimizing undesired scattering.
  • the cis side of the membrane surface was coated with streptavidin using common procedures.
  • the critical angle for TIR causes (1) the abrupt disappearance of the laser light observed from the cis side of the membrane, (2) the appearance of the displaced TIR laser beam, visualized at the back focal plane of the objective lens using the microscopes' eyepiece, and (3) a sudden decrease in the background intensity, which increases the signal to background for single-molecule imaging.
  • a >2-fold increase in signal to background was achieved in images of single fluorophores immobilized on the SiN membrane over epi-illumination (illumination and detection from one side of the sample).
  • FIG. 13 schematically illustrates the acquisition hardware.
  • An Axopath 200B amplifier 1386 (Molecular Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA) was connected to the Ag/ AgCl electrodes via headstage 1388 to amplify the ion current signals across the nanopore.
  • the ion current signals were low pass-filtered at 50 KHz using an external four-pole Butterworth filter 1390 and input to a multifunction data acquisition board 1392 in the same PC that received the image data from CCD camera via the image acquisition board 1394 (Andor iXon Acquisition Board).
  • the multifunction data acquisition DAQ board 1392 (National Instruments, PCI-6154) was used to acquire ion-current signal at 16 bit analog to digital conversion resolution.
  • the "fire" pulse (a TTL pulse marking the beginning of each exposure) from the EM-CCD camera 1384 triggered the ion-current acquisition and was used to produce accurate time stamps on a counter board (National Instruments, PCI-6602).
  • the counter board was internally synchronized to the DAQ board using the RTSI bus with a clock rate of 250 KHz.
  • the combined data stream therefore, included a unique time stamp at the beginning of each of the CCD frames, which were synchronized with the ion-current sampling.
  • the software 1396 searched for the corresponding frame number in the counter information and saved the actual images corresponding to this number.
  • the camera frame rate was set to approximately 1 KHz (fire pulse rate).
  • Figures 14A-C illustrate synchronization of the electrical and optical signals.
  • Millisecond long electrical pulses generated by a function generator were electrically coupled to the amplifier headstage. These current pulses are similar in shape and timescale of nanopore signals.
  • the excitation laser was modulated ON/OFF using the same signal, providing a synchronous source of light and electrical pulses.
  • fluorescent beads were immobilized on the membrane and imaged using the camera as described above.
  • the two modalities were combined to measure synchronous optical and electrical signals during DNA translocation through a nanopore. The pore location was first identified on the membrane.
  • the fluorescence signal from the pore is stationary in position and lights up in- sync with the electrical signal; thus, the pixel corresponding to the pore location, over time, accumulates the highest fluorescence intensity, and a summation of the images reveals a peak corresponding to the pore position on the CCD. Once the pore location was identified, intensities from the pixel corresponding to the pore were used for further data analysis.

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L'invention porte sur une cellule de fluide pour un outil de microscopie optique ayant une membrane à l'état solide ayant un premier côté et un second côté opposé ; une première chambre de fluide comprenant un premier fluide ayant un premier indice de réfraction et située sur le premier côté de la membrane ; et une seconde chambre de fluide comprenant un second fluide ayant un second indice de réfraction et située sur le second côté de la membrane, le second indice de réfraction étant différent du premier indice de réfraction. L'invention porte également sur un procédé d'imagerie d'une biomolécule unique, le procédé comprenant la génération d'un champ d'éclairage évanescent au niveau d'une membrane à l'état solide entre un premier fluide et un second fluide ayant différents indices de réfraction ; et la détection d'une lumière émise par les détecteurs optiques liés aux biomolécules uniques au niveau de la membrane à l'état solide.
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